Recap & Review
Caption Contest 112: Recap & Review Fine dining promises many things: artistry, restraint, and occasionally the experience of paying $42 for something that fits on a spoon. Caption Contest 112 captured that exact moment of culinary minimalism — a tuxedoed table staring in stunned silence at a single, lonely pea sitting on a vast white plate like it just bought the entire restaurant. The visual contrast here did a lot of the heavy lifting. Black-tie…
Winner
We call this dish Pea à la Minimum Wage.
Votes: 6
Finalists
And for the table… our seasonal pea.
Votes: 5
If you’re still hungry, dessert is half a blueberry.
Votes: 4
Ho ho ho, Green Diet!
Votes: 3
Tonight’s special: split pea — five ways.
Votes: 3
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Tips
Tips for Caption Contest 112 Fine dining has always been about restraint. Small portions. Elegant plating. A quiet understanding that somewhere between the garnish and the foam, a person is expected to feel satisfied. But every once in a while, restraint goes too far. In this image, a tuxedoed waiter presents what appears to be the culinary equivalent of a rounding error: a single pea, placed carefully on a massive…
